بتهوون و نه سمفونی او

Beethoven and his nine symphonies by George Grove (founding editor of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians). 2nd Edition, London: Novello and Co., Ltd., 1896. — 412 p.From Cambridge University Press:
Beethoven’s symphonies captured the public imagination from the outset and remain compelling today. Revolutionary in their time, these life-enhancing works now sit at the centre of the classical music repertoire, retaining their ability to delight and inspire. The career of Sir George Grove (1820–1900) ranged from civil engineering to biblical scholarship, but he is best known for editing his celebrated Dictionary of Music and Musicians. A driving force at the heart of nineteenth-century British musical life, Grove organised important concerts at the rebuilt Crystal Palace in Sydenham, and he served as the first director of the Royal College of Music from 1883 to 1894. First published in 1896, and reissued here in its swiftly corrected and indexed second edition, this work is a classic of musical analysis, exploring the composition, structure, performance and reception of each symphony in turn. Intended for ‘the amateurs of this country’, it represents the culmination of a lifetime’s research.From Dover Publications:
This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven’s personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, interweaves fascinating background information on the composer’s historical era with quotations, letters, and anecdotes. He examines the nine symphonies in chronological order, movement by movement, illustrating his points with numerous excerpts — more than 400 in all. In addition to emphasizing the uniqueness of Beethoven’s music and its iconoclastic renunciation of established musical theory, Grove comments at length on the relation of the symphonies to the minor works, events in the composer’s personal life, the conditions under which he worked, and other fascinating details. Examples of Beethoven’s correspondence include several letters to the Countess Theresa and the famous letter to his brothers Carl and Johann.From goodreads:
Sir George Grove (1820 -1900) is best-known as the writer of the original “Dictionary of Music and Musicians” which, with its many updates and versions over the years, has become the standard English reference work on classical music. In 1896, Grove wrote “Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies” which, unlike the “Dictionary” is still read today in the form in which Grove wrote it. I have recently returned to Grove’s study as a guide in listening to and reviewing the Beethoven symphonies in the recordings by David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich and have learned a great deal. Grove’s book is written in an accessible late-Victorian style. He devotes a chapter to each of the nine symphonies. He begins with a summary of the instrumentation, publication history and early metronome marks of the symphonies. Grove offers material on Beethoven’s life at the time each symphony was composed and describes Beethoven’s compositional process. He offers information on early performances and on the reception of each work, including a great deal of commentary from the works of later composers …